Description
In the shadow of Nigeria’s Biafran War, Ijeoma, a shy young girl, is forced to grow up too quickly when violence tears her away from the life she knows. As survival demands hard choices, she navigates love, loss, and the slow erosion of innocence—watching how fear can numb people to death and destruction. Yet amid displacement and grief, Ijeoma’s story becomes a coming-of-age journey toward selfhood, where tenderness and identity persist even when the world breaks. With lyrical intensity and emotional clarity, Chinelo Okparanta crafts a gripping, humane novel that explores war’s moral costs, the resilience of the heart, and the transformative power of mourning.
Available Editions
paperback
Blackstone on Brilliance Audio
Published Aug 21, 2018
ISBN: 9781721329892
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Details
First Published
2012
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta.